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A Socioecological Model of Heart Failure Self-Care
Michelle Whyte1, Kristen A Sethares
1Author Affiliations: College of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth.
Abstract:
Heart failure is a chronic, progressively worsening condition afflicting more than 64 million individuals worldwide. Heart failure outcomes are influenced by self-care, a naturalistic patient-centered decision-making process. The situation-specific theory of heart failure self-care addresses how this decision-making process determines actions and outcomes. However, little is known about the impact of socioecological determinants of health on heart failure self-care. A theoretical synthesis could advance the situation-specific theory of heart failure self-care through the inclusion of socioecological determinants of health. Thus, socioecological determinants of health related to heart failure self-care can be better explored, understood, and overcome through research and health promotion.
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